to also facilitate wheel chairs for
disabled anglers.
The other 10 new Bass Tracker boats
are shiny red Model 175s that are 17 ½
feet long with 60 hp Mercury 4-cycle
outboards on them. The 7 ½ foot
beam boats offer spacious casting
decks fore and aft with padded, fold
flat swivel fishing chairs for
unparalleled angler comfort. All are
equipped with 45-pound thrust Minn
Kota electric trolling motors, depth
finders, flares and two-way marine
VHF radios. Adding to the safety focus
is that Captain Peacock employs the
“buddy system” with two guides and
their clients always traveling to the
same general area and staying in touch
all day long.
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Those without appropriate tackle don’t
have to worry because top-of-the-line
rods, reels and lures are provided at a
nominal rental cost. Boats are fully
equipped also with scales, nets, first aid
kits, modern life jackets and iced cooler
with refreshments and lunch for those
that do not choose to return to the yacht
mid-day for a hot lunch. Food service
aboard is exceptional, as are the adult
refreshments.
An open bar all day long is included in
the tour package, which includes red &
white wines, vodkas, rum, whisky, cognac,
imported and local beers like Brahma or
Itapava. High quality liquors such as
Johnny Walker Black, Baileys, and Malibu
are served, along with plenty of the
country’s national cocktail, the Caipirinha,
which is made with cachaca (sugar cane
hard liquor), sugar and lime! I have to
warn newcomers to this drink slowly, or
Twelve Tracker Marine
bass boats make up
the new fleet of fishing
boats that comfortably
move anglers about the
remote rivers and
lagoons of the Amazon
Basin. Photo above.
you may just miss the following day’s
fishing. When guests come in from
fishing, a cocktail of their choice is placed
in their hands a nd hot and freshly
prepared hors d’oeuvres are quickly
served on the open-air lounge deck.
Items depend on what the chef is in the
mood to present and vary from sushi to
local pastries to empanadas to creative
meat finger food.